Safety-support for flying-machines.



R. P1 FOX.

' SAFETY SUPPORT FOR FLYING MACHINES. 4

APPLICATION FILED MARTA X913.

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SAFETY SUPPORT F01". FLYING MAGHLNES.

APPLICATION FILED MARY, 1915 Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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SAFETY-silenciar non Farines/reclames.

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that l, l citizen of theV United. St Fort Hancock, in theV coun and State of New Jersey, and useful lmprovemen ports for FlyingMachines, lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to sa for i'iying machines, and its object is to pro'- 'y vide a novel' construction and of auxiliary balancing and sup faces, constituting extensions sdiront, rear and sides o surface, acting to resist any machine to move unduly out vo balance or poise, whereby the equ the. machine will be maintained.

The invention consistconstruction, combination an of parts hereinafter fully described vand claimed, reference being I panying drawings, in whichz- Figure 1 is a Iview in side elevation of a., flying machine equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a. front elevation of the 'saine S isa top plan View. Fig. l is an enlarged vertical section through yone of the au supporting and balancing s is a sectional planwiew on Fig. 4l.

Referring to the drawin the frame and@ the supper a whole,of a dying mach vtypes iii-common use.

stance l have .hown the application of the invention to a biplane structure, although -it Ais equally applicable to Iother multiplane structures, or to a nicncpiane structure.

ln carrying my inyention i provide a' series of auxi supporting surfaces 3, which with and supported from machine, and are so disposed as to constitute extensions beyond the margins of the supporting surface Q, to resist any deflection of the machine as a whole from a normal bal# anced position.

As shown, six auxiliary balancing. and supporting surfaces may be employed; of theseauxiliary balancing and supporting i surfaces are arranged, respectively suitable distances in adi-'ance and in rear' of the main e' the remainder d supporting ranged in fore and supporting n surface 2, 'whil -ot' said auxiliary balancing an surfaces are Ypreferably a Application filed Ma VAnim P. Fox, va ates, Aresiding kat ty of Monmouthr have invente ts in Safety-SiiP of which the foli'ety supports arrangement porting sur-i beyond the i. the' main supporting tendency of the f a state :of

s of the features of d arrangement had to the accomthe line 5-5 otl gs, 1 designates tingA surface, as, ine of anyV of the ln the presentinnto practice liary balancing land are connected the frame of the be seen that each body pr Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Sept.. 23, i913.

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ci: the machine adjacent toolat any desired distance beyond the lateral margins of the main supportingsurt'ace 2. ln practice, the

iront and rear and lateral auxiliary. balanc ving and lsupporting surfaces ina-y be dis- `in maintaining the machine in a 'state of.

equilibrium.

aft pairson longitudinal sides of the centerl Each auxiliary. balancing and supporting Y surface comprises an approximately cit-eu-` 'lar hollow body, of circular vforinin plan and oval or elliptical torni in vertical transfv verse section, said body lconsisting of upper and lower concavoccnvex disks l and 5 otl canvas crother suitable material and-having their concavev sides jfacing each other...

The body 3 is mounted upon arodv or stall- '6 which extends therethrough, land 'also lpasses through a crown piece or collar 'YQ provided with 4arms 8 secured to the machine fr aine, whereby the rod or is braced therefrom.

lllhe disks 4 and'5 are arrdnged to rest againstheads 9 and 10 threaded or otherwise secured to the shaft and are stayed and clamped against said heads by outer clamping plates 11 `and 12, which are also threaded orV otherwise secured to the rod or stad. Curved or bowed sets of' frame arms 13` and 14k 'extend from the heads 9 and 10 and support the disks in extended position. Bolts or other suitable astenings 15 pass through. the disks, heads and clamp ing plates and-firmly unite the same, While the outer ends or" the frame arms 1 3 and 14 'are also suitably secured together in alined pairs, and the outer edges oit` the disks l and 5 are scwed or otherwise suitably united. o; y

From the foregoing description., it will seiits upper and lower circular. convex sunfat s, which tend by their inipingemcnt against" the atmosphere, when tilted at an angle to the normal plane of travel,I to counteract the i-.iltinginotion by resisting-'pressures ot the air there* on,whereby anytendency of the machine to move out of a normal balanced condition ,will be resisted, irrespective of its direction of motion, sc'jthat it will be. constantly maintained in vaft-state ot" equilibrium. ,"'he bodies 3 while so actuated do ,not oi: course, establish any inhibitive resistance to. tiltlateral' steering' when the steering devices areA positively', adjusted, but set up suiiicient resistance toevercome any excess air pressures upon any Iportionof the machinel which tend to disturb its stability.

By `arranging.two of the auxiliary balancmg and supporting surfaces atdistancevsv 1n front-'and rear of the main supportingsurface, and lthe remainder of said auxiliary balancing andvsupportin surfaces on opposite sides of the longitu inal axis of the machine and .infront and rear of the plane of the transverse axis thereof, it will.

beA apparent that,"` an pressure. upon one Asurface 3 tending to ift or depress it willshould become incapaqitated,l so that the machine., when the power "is spent, will deto he Aground lin abalanced position; if Cillin! :M 11 the combinationwitli a flying machine,

vixedfto the staff. the event' that the aviator provided 'Wit-h a main su porting surface, of auxiliary balancing an .supporting surfaces arranged in front, in rear and atV the opposite sides of the machine beyond said main supporting surfaee,each of sadaux'- iliary balancingand supporting surfaces comprisin' a body of circular form in'plan and elliptical forni in vertical section, pre# 'senting opposed upper and lower convex resistingsurfaces. i

" l 2. The combination with a flyingmachine,

provided with a main supporting surface,

of auxiliary balancing and supporting sur.

facesarrang'ed in `front, in rear and at the sides of Said machine beyond said main supportingsurface, each of said auxiliary balancingand supporting surfaces comprising a stall", and a body mounted on'said staff, said body being of circular form in. plan and oval form in cross section andpresenting opposed upperandlower convex surfaces, and frame arms carrying said auxiliaryvbalancing and supporting surfaces and In 'testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of 'two Witnesses. y,

RALPH P. FOX. Witnesses; f, Q G. W. HARDY v HOWARD A. JoHNsoN. 

